Golden State of Mind

4 days ago | goldenstateofmind.com | Brady Klopfer

Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images Last week, I put out a call for some Golden State Warriors offseason mailbag questions. This week, I tried my best to answer those questions. Thanks to everyone who popped into the comments to ask something!I have long been a proponent of re-signing Jonathan Kuminga and, if they want to trade him at some point, doing so at the deadline instead of in an offseason sign-and-trade.

6 days ago | goldenstateofmind.com | Daniel Hardee

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Every June, the basketball world loses its collective mind. One team hoists the Larry O’Brien Trophy, and suddenly we’re drowning in dynasty declarations before the confetti has even been swept from the court. This year’s premature victim? The Oklahoma City Thunder, who haven’t even played their first Finals game since 2012, yet ESPN’s Zach Kram already has them mirror-imaging the 2015 Warriors dynasty.

6 days ago | goldenstateofmind.com | Daniel Hardee

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images I know there’s been a ton of pieces on the passing on Klay Thompson’s dog Rocco. I feel like I need to personally pay respects as I’ve been graced by the love from Rocco myself. There’s something profoundly heartbreaking about watching a warrior say goodbye to his most faithful companion.

6 days ago | goldenstateofmind.com | Brady Klopfer

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images If you can believe it, NBA free agency starts in just about a month. In the next few weeks, an NBA champion will be crowned, a draft will take place, and countless teams will have reports and rumors surface about them. And then free agency will kick off, and it will be a frenetic scene, like it always is. Players will leave teams, sign head-scratching contracts, and get traded. It will be wonderful.

6 days ago | goldenstateofmind.com | Daniel Hardee

Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images Looking back at Golden State’s early November nights, it’s wild how quickly everything shifted. One moment you’re watching De’Anthony Melton drill five threes against the Thunder, grabbing 10 rebounds like some kind of defensive savant, and thinking “damn, Kerr might have actually cracked the code.” The next? Season over, ACL torn, and suddenly Brandin Podziemski and Moses Moody have the weight of the season on their shoulders. The cruel irony?